Joseph Peter Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016. He also starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006.
Early life
Mascolo was born on March 13, 1929, and raised in West
Hartford, Connecticut. His parents, Anna Mascolo (née DeTuccio; 1910–2010) and
Peter Mascolo (1901–2008), were immigrants from Naples, Italy, and had their
80th wedding anniversary shortly before his father died. Mascolo had one
sister, Marie LaVoie. He attended the United States Military Academy after
graduating from high school. Mascolo attended the University of Miami. To
support himself financially, he studied acting under famed acting coach Stella
Adler in New York City. He was originally trained in classical music and opera.
Career
Theatre
Mascolo was in the 1962 production of Night Life as Kazar
and the understudy of Neville Brand. He was in the 1966 production of Dinner at
Eight as Ricci. Mascolo was in the 1969 production of The Time of Your Life as
Blick. His final theatrical appearance was in 1972's That Championship Season
as Phil Romano.
Film
Mascolo's first film appearance was in 1968's Hot Spur as
Carlo. He was in the 1972 neo-noir action crime–drama film Shaft's Big Score!
as Gus Mascola. Mascolo was in 1973's The Spook Who Sat by the Door and 1978's
Jaws 2 as Len Peterson. He was in 1981's Sharky's Machine as JoJo Tipps and
1982's Yes, Giorgio. Mascolo's last film appearance was in 1986's Heat as Baby.
Television
Mascolo was best known in the recurring role of Stefano
DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1985, returning briefly in 1988, again
from 1993 to 2001, and making appearances again since 2007 until Stefano died
in 2016, making his final appearance on February 9, 2017, airing 2 months after
his death, and won three Soap Opera Digest Awards. He has also played a wide
range of roles on many different series, including (but not limited to) a
Stefano-like villain named Nicholas Van Buren on General Hospital and Carlos
Alvarez on Santa Barbara. Before achieving his fame, he was seen in the earlier
soap operas Where the Heart Is and From These Roots. He also made primetime
television appearances on All in the Family, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Lou
Grant, and The Rockford Files.
Mascolo portrayed Massimo Marone on CBS's The Bold and the
Beautiful beginning in August 2001. He decided not to renew his contract with
the show in July 2006, due to a lack of storyline, and decided to return to
Days of Our Lives, where his character Stefano DiMera was resurrected after six
years.
Mascolo also appeared in The Incredible Hulk in October
1979, as Mr. Arnold in the episode "Brain Child". 10 years
later, he would appear again in NBC's The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, as
Albert G. Tendelli, a police confidant of Daredevil. He also appeared in an
episode of Hart to Hart on 1/3/84 as villain Mr. Rhodes.
Personal life and death
Mascolo married Rose Maimone in 1953. They had a son named
Peter. Maimone died in 1986. In 2005, Mascolo married his second wife, Patricia
Schultz. In January 2016, he told Soap Opera Digest that he had suffered a
stroke in the spring of 2015. "During my rehab, I thought this would be
a good time for Stefano to leave."
Mascolo died on December 8, 2016, in Santa Clarita,
California, at 87, after years of battling Alzheimer's disease. He was interred
at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
Theatre
1962 Night Life Brooks Atkinson Theatre Kazar October
23, 1962 – December 15, 1962
Understudy of Neville Brand.
Directed, written, and produced by Sidney Kingsley.
1966 Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre Ricci September
27, 1966 – January 14, 1967 Directed
by Tyrone Guthrie, written by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, and produced
by Elliot Martin, Lester Osterman, Jr., Alan King & Walter A. Hyman, Ltd.
1968 West Side Story Lincoln Center Schrank June 24, 1968 – September 7, 1968 Directed and choreographed by Lee Theodore and produced by The
Musical Theater of Lincoln Center & Richard Rodgers.
1969 The Time of
Your Life Vivian Beaumont Theatre Blick November
6, 1969 – December 20, 1969 Directed by
John Hirsch, written by William Saroyan, and produced by Jules Irving.
1970 Camino Real Officer January
8, 1970 – February 21, 1970 Directed
by Milton Katselas, written by Tennessee Williams, and produced by Jules
Irving.
Operation Sidewinder Colonel
Warner March 12, 1970 – April
25, 1970 Directed by Michael
Schultz, written by Sam Shepard, music composed and performed by The Holy Modal
Rounders, and produced by Jules Irving.
The Good Woman of Setzuan Policeman November 5, 1970 – December 13, 1970 Directed by Robert Symonds, written
by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim, featuring songs by John Lewin
& Herbert Pilhofer, and produced by Jules Irving.
1971 Murderous
Angels Playhouse Theatre Col. Alcibiade Zbyre December 20, 1971 – January 9, 1972
Based on the novel of the same name by Conor Cruise O'Brien.
Directed by Gordon Davidson, written by O'Brien, produced by
T. Edward Hambleton with arrangement by Elliot Martin & George W. George.
1972 That
Championship Season Booth Theatre Phil Romano September 14, 1972 – April 21,
1974
Understudy of Paul Sorvino.
Directed by A. J. Antoon, written by Jason Miller, and
produced by Joseph Papp.
Filmography
Film
1968 Hot Spur Jason O'Hara Western film written and directed by R.L. Frost.
1972 Shaft's Big
Score! Gus Mascola Neo-noir action crime–drama film directed by
Gordon Parks.
1973 Happy Mother's
Day, Love George Piccolo
Mystery film produced and directed by Darren McGavin.
Credited as Joe Mascolo.
Also known as Run Stranger, Run.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Senator Hennington
Action crime–drama film directed by Ivan Dixon.
Based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee.
1978 Jaws 2 Len Peterson Horror
thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
1981 Gangster Wars Salvatore Maranzano
Crime film directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
Based on the 1981 miniseries The Gangster Chronicles.
Sharky's Machine Detective
Joe "Joe-Joe" Tipps
Drama–thriller film directed by Burt Reynolds.
Adaptation of William Diehl's first novel Sharky's Machine.
1982 Yes, Giorgio Dominic Giordano
Musical–comedy film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Based on the novel by Anne Piper.
1986 Heat "Baby"
Action–thriller film directed by Dick Richards and Jerry
Jameson.
Based on William Goldman's 1985 novel of the same name.
Television
1957 True Story Tony Brenner Episode: "The Accident" (S1.E3)
1961 From These
Roots Jack Lander American soap opera
True Story Tony
Brenner Episode: "6 May
1961" (S5.E11)
1967 Coronet Blue Bodyguard Episode:
"A Dozen Demons" (SS1.E3)
1969 The Good Guys Chauffeur Episode: "The World's Second Greatest Lover"
(S1.E18)
The Doctors Policeman Episode: "#1.1668"
(S6.E96, 30 Apr 1969)
Episode: "#1.1669" (S6.E97, 1 May 1969)
1973 The Resolution
of Mossie Wax Guest TV movie. Drama film directed by Bob Walsh.
Where the Heart Is Ed
Lucas Episode: "#1.868"
Episode: "#1.873"
1974 All in the
Family Pat Bushmill Episode: "Gloria's Boyfriend"
(S4.E19)
Dominic's Dream Dominic
Bente Pilot sitcom written and
directed by Garry Marshall.
1975 Baretta Frank Cassell Episode: "He'll Never See
Daylight" (S1.E1, Pilot)
1975–1976 Bronk Mayor Pete Santori Contract role
1976 NBC Special
Treat Papa Episode: "Papa and Me" (S1.E5)
Kojak Detective Jeff
Braddock Episode: "A
Summer Madness" (S4.E2)
Monster Squad Lawrence
of Moravia Episode: "Lawrence of
Moravia" (S1.E12)
ABC Afterschool Special Mr.
Singleton Episode: "Mighty Moose
and the Quarterback Kid" (S5.E3)
1977 Switch Phillip Aspen / Martin Lorrimer Episode: "Portraits of
Death" (S2.E13)
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? Max Pierce TV
movie. Mystery film directed by Russ Mayberry.
The Rockford Files Gibby Episode: "Crack Back"
(S3.E21)
1978 The Eddie Capra
Mysteries Joe Callen/Dr. David Weller Episode: "Dirge for a Dead
Dachshund" (S1.E6)
Lou Grant McIntyre Episode: "Babies" (S2.E10)
1979 The Incredible
Hulk Mr. Arnold Episode: "Brain Child" (S3.E3)
1981 The Gangster
Chronicles Salvatore Maranzano Miniseries directed by Richard C.
Sarafian.
1982–2017 Days of
Our Lives Stefano DiMera
Contract role (1982–85; 1993–2001; 2007–16)
Recurring (1988; 2016–17)
1984 Hart to Hart Nick Rhodes Episode:
"Harts on the Run" (S5.E12)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter Richards TV
movie. Biographical film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by April Smith.
1985 Comedy Factory Peter Wagner Episode: "Side by Side" (S1.E1, Pilot)
Brothers Howard
Dovall Episode: "A
House Divided" (S2.E10)
Crazy Like a Fox Guest Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" (S2.E5)
Santa Barbara Carlo
Alvarez Recurring
1986 CBS Schoolbreak
Special Ed Martinson Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to
Patty?" (S3.E2)
Hill Street Blues Melvin
Jardino Episode: "I
Want My Hill Street Blues" (S6.E15)
Joe Bash Captain
Charles Taylor Episode: "Joe's
First Partner” (S1.E5)
1987 Hunter Mick Shaughnessy Episode: "Shades" (S3.E22)
It's Garry Shandling's Show Lieutenant
Gerard Episode: "The
Fugitive" (S2.E3)
Rags to Riches Viktor
Leskov Episode: "Russian
Holiday" (S2.E10)
1988 The Equalizer Tony Costa Episode:
"Always a Lady" (S3.E22)
1989 General
Hospital Nicholas Van Buren Recurring
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Albert G. Tendelli TV
movie. Superhero film directed by Bill Bixby.
2001–2006 The Bold
and the Beautiful Massimo Marone IV Contract role (2001–06)
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